The future is....... TV docking and Speakers?

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vikinger Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2015 9:47 AM

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B&O can never be technically innovative at the same pace as the big manufacturers of televisions radios and streamers. On the other hand it remains ahead of the game with its innovative speakers and class D ICEpower amplifiers (used in so many competitors offerings too, without acknowledgement to B&O).

The A3 was a great success, only to be undermined by Apple's switch to the lightning connector. Even with that change, I could imagine that it would still have been worthwhile B&O retooling to change the A3 connector. 

So, shouldn't B&O think a lot more about great speakers and the ability to dock or link other manufacturer's products in a simple way or wirelessly? They've moved along that route with The Beolits and A8. Why not elegant TV soundbars on motorised stands or wall hinges onto which you stand or fix your television made by someone else? The Beo4 PUC system would then work in reverse with the module in the soundbar controlling the TV, rather than the TV controlling the peripherals.

Graham

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Puncher replied on Wed, Feb 25 2015 10:59 AM

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I've said for a long time that their future lies in their speakers, either along the lines of Sonos type distributed audio, or as you say, soundbars and speakers for other folks sources and TV's.  if they were struggling to decide where to spend their limited R+D money I would gamble on audio rather than TV's.

They should also consider volume controllable versions to allow simple line level connection to third party hardware, once you need little converter boxes etc. the game is lost.

When products such as the Cambridge StreamMagic 6 V2 win product of the year in Hifi magazines, why not may it clear in marketing and sales literature that B&O speakers are compatible with such, what's to lose??